The Mesoscale Organization of Deep Convection

The organization of systems at all scales has long been an observed feature in meteorology. Coherent structures can be found from eddies in the planetary boundary layer up to tropical cyclones and mid-latitude depressions. The problem of organization is thus of a fundamental nature. An understanding of the organization of deep convection is relevant to this general problem but is complicated by the three-phase physics of water. The phase changes play a fundamental role in convection, not only in producing hydrometeors, but in strongly influencing the internal dynamics through the buoyant force.

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